Mcafee dats not updating

As the symptoms described here suggest, Windows simply won't start if isn't there.

The Mc Afee technical bulletin doesn't include details about how to get to a command prompt on a system that's been temporarily bricked.

Third party recovery tools also provide access to the file system from command-line environments.) This sort of repair is not a job for end users, certainly, and generally requires a skilled support professional. is one of the most crucial of all Windows system files.

It hosts the services that make just about every OS function possible.

(Using an XP installation disk allows a tech support professional to boot to a recovery environment and copy the necessary files from a command prompt.

The good folks at Bleeping have published a tutorial that explains the process. company (see full text at end of this post) says that multiple files in addition to mght be affected and claims that simply replacing might not be enough to repair the damage. Now, it is hard to imagine picking a more crucial file to torpedo.